Civil liberties and access to water:: analysis of 193 countries

• BISER, Jennis J. ^[1] ; EDWARDS, Jeffrey A. ^[1]
  1. [1] North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

     North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

     Township of Morehead, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Applied econometrics and international development, ISSN 1578-4487, Vol. 12, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 20-34
• Idioma: inglés
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  • We argue that civil liberties enhance voice and accountability, thereby placing political pressure on a country’s leaders; therefore, countries with greater respect for civil liberties will have a larger percentage of the population with access to an improved water source. We find that a one-level improvement in civil liberties translates into about a 2.5% increase in the population in rural areas with access to water; this result does not hold for urban centers. The dichotomy between the results may simply be an issue related to the data.